Central acetylcholine synthesis and catabolism activities in the cuttlefish during aging

Brain Research

Volumn 762, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 219-222

  Bellanger, Cécile ^a,b   Dauphin, François ^a   Belzunces, Luc P ^c   Cancian, Catherine ^a   Chichery, Raymond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CREC   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Aging; Central nervous system; Cephalopod; Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic enzymatic assay; Sepia officinalis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; FRONTAL LOBE; LEARNING DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGING; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; MALE; MOLLUSCA; OPTIC LOBE;

EID: 0030852162     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00590-8     Document Type: Article

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